“AROWANA” ( 龍魚 )
The origin of Arowana fish is Amazon River Basin. Arowana fish is believed (and is still in believing) that will bring Good Luck to the owner. Due to its popularity, Arowana fish has been brought to all around the world like Asia, Europe and even Arabian countries.
Major Types of Arowana Fish:-
- Gold Arowana (Pearl / Cross-Back)
- Red Arowana (Pearl / Cross-Back)
- Green Arowana (Pearl / Cross-Back)
- Silver Arowana (Pearl / Cross-Back)
I realized that there are some so called “Certified Arowana Fish” in the market, these Certified Fish have Birth Certificate, and some even have “micro chipset” embedded in their bodies (for identification purposes). Of course price make the different, these “Certified Arowana Fish” are not cheap, in fact, they are the luxuries of all, range from 50 to 10,000 dollars, depending on the species type / size / shape / colors and so on.
See the pictures above of the “Silver Arowana” which I bought a month ago. , it is about 9 inches in length & 5 to 6 months old. Arowana fish can grow up to 2 feet in length or even bigger. This is the second Arowana fish I ever have. The first one I had was about 15 years ago, it was a Green Arowana. As time past by, and it left us few years after that (naturally...).
My Arowana fish does not like dried fish food (those round reddish color fish food), basically it is not interested in those ‘dead’ fish food. Normally, I will get some live tiny prawn (white & semi-transparent in color, less than 1 inch length) or live small fish (also about less and 1 inch) for her stomach filling. These ‘live’ fish food can be purchased from most of the aquarium shops, spending about 1 to 3 dollars per week on these ‘live’ fish food. My Arowana fish enjoying “earn” her own food by aggressively chasing for those prawn and small fish. Her food hunting instinct is still there!
Alright, enough writing. More will be add if I get another fish (maybe a Red Arowana!).
Regards.
